| Computer Code: |
PAV |
Preferred Map Code: |
Pav |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Caradoc Series (O4)
— Caradoc Series (O4) |
| Lithological Description: |
Pebbly sandstone and volcaniclastic breccia; brown weathered, massive to poorly bedded; in the type area contains abundant ragged, vesicular andesite spatter. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Base of the unit of pebbly sandstone and volcaniclastic breccia. Mildly unconformable on volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks within the Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Generally overlain by fine-grained sandstone and siltstone within the Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation. |
| Thickness: |
0 - 200m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Langdale Pikes (NY 280 075) to Bell Crags (NY 298 142), Cumbria. |
| Parent Unit: |
Seathwaite Fell Sandstone Formation (SET)
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| Previous Name(s): |
Pavey Ark Member [Obsolete Name and Code: Use PAV]
(-440)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Pavey Ark. |
| Reference(s): |
| Millward, D, Johnson, E W, Beddoe-Stephens, B, Young, B, Kneller, B C, Lee, M K, Fortey, N J, Allen, P M, Branney, M J, Cooper, D C, Hirons, S, Kokelaar, B P, Marks, R J, McConnell, B J, Merritt, J W, Molyneux, S G, Petterson, M G, Roberts, B, Rundle, C C, Rushton, A W A, Scott, R W, Soper, N J, and Stone, P. 2000. Geology of the Ambleside district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, England and Wales, Sheet 38. |
| Kneller B C and McConnell, B J . 1993. The Seathwaite Fell Formation in the central Fells. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/93/43 |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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E038
E029
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